This is a video game that lets you use a real guitar and kinda sorta teaches you how to play along with songs selected by the game makers.

I was flirting with learning how to play some guitar for a long time and I wanted to share what this game did and didn't do for me.

Did help me...get more stamina in my hand and fingers (most important thing the game helped me with)get better at 2 and 3 finger power chordsthink about playing without looking at the guitarmove up and down the neck morewant to learn more songs

Did not help me...learn songs note-for-note*develop sense of rhythmplay cleanly

*makes you play most songs in funny tunings and doesn't show all notes until difficulty is set to 100% (though you can play at 100% with the speed turned down) and doesn't necessarily teach all parts of a song you may wish to learn

I used the game for about a month, then it started freezing up all the time. (xbox 360 version)

Beetard wrote:I don't know if maybe we share some of the same frustrations?

I would have to say you are correct in assuming that.

When I first started trying it out I was so stoked. Then as I progressed more into it,I just kept getting more and more frustrated. Wasn't good especially since I thought about it at work too. not good when it gets in the way with work.

That's why I like coming here to post. I can post my disc golf frustrations if i have any. Then after that I'm not frustrated any more

The tuning thing is weird. Once you get it tuned for Rocksmith it's out of tune. I don't really care becasue I'm just farting around with it for fun, but my daughter is actually trying to learn guitar and hates that.

Furthur wrote:Either get a lighter one, throw harder, or find a disc with more glide.

Working Stiff wrote:The tuning thing is weird. Once you get it tuned for Rocksmith it's out of tune. I don't really care becasue I'm just farting around with it for fun, but my daughter is actually trying to learn guitar and hates that.

Dang that is weird man. Why would they want you to play out of tune? That don't make sense.

Working Stiff wrote:The tuning thing is weird. Once you get it tuned for Rocksmith it's out of tune. I don't really care becasue I'm just farting around with it for fun, but my daughter is actually trying to learn guitar and hates that.

Dang that is weird man. Why would they want you to play out of tune? That don't make sense.

Best of luck to your daughter man.

I'm not sure what the deal is, and since I can't tune by ear it's hard for me to know. All I know is that if you tune it on Rocksmith and then put the Snark on it it shows as too sharp. My daughter has all these songs that she is working on for her lessons, and if she goes straight from Rocksmith to playing a song for her lessons without tuning with the Snark first it's too high pitched. We could be doing something wrong, though. I just mess around with the guitar now becasue we have them so why not? I really don't know what I'm doing.

My daughter has been in piano for years. She saved up her own money, went down to the music store and bought a Telecaster last August. Her younger sister has been in violin lessons for three years, she saved up her money and we went 1/2's with her for a drum kit a few months ago. This time last year they were playing Vivaldi on piano and violin. We just got done running through "Blitzkrieg Bop" tonight. A year can make a big difference. I gotta say, this year is more fun.

Furthur wrote:Either get a lighter one, throw harder, or find a disc with more glide.

Working Stiff wrote:The tuning thing is weird. Once you get it tuned for Rocksmith it's out of tune. I don't really care becasue I'm just farting around with it for fun, but my daughter is actually trying to learn guitar and hates that.

Dang that is weird man. Why would they want you to play out of tune? That don't make sense.

Best of luck to your daughter man.

I'm not sure what the deal is, and since I can't tune by ear it's hard for me to know. All I know is that if you tune it on Rocksmith and then put the Snark on it it shows as too sharp. My daughter has all these songs that she is working on for her lessons, and if she goes straight from Rocksmith to playing a song for her lessons without tuning with the Snark first it's too high pitched. We could be doing something wrong, though. I just mess around with the guitar now becasue we have them so why not? I really don't know what I'm doing.

My daughter has been in piano for years. She saved up her own money, went down to the music store and bought a Telecaster last August. Her younger sister has been in violin lessons for three years, she saved up her money and we went 1/2's with her for a drum kit a few months ago. This time last year they were playing Vivaldi on piano and violin. We just got done running through "Blitzkrieg Bop" tonight. A year can make a big difference. I gotta say, this year is more fun.

Sweet man. That's good to hear they both enjoy music like that.

I was really into music for a long time,before I lost my drive for it I guess I should say. I was in Chorus,Played in the High School Band and did the whole Orchestra Concert thing when I was younger. I was in the Percussion and loved every minute of it man. I can still sing pretty darn good too...for an older guy

Beetard wrote:I don't know if maybe we share some of the same frustrations?

I would have to say you are correct in assuming that.

When I first started trying it out I was so stoked. Then as I progressed more into it,I just kept getting more and more frustrated. Wasn't good especially since I thought about it at work too. not good when it gets in the way with work.

That's why I like coming here to post. I can post my disc golf frustrations if i have any. Then after that I'm not frustrated any more

So is what you're saying that you got frustrated that you got too obsessed with playing guitar? You got addicted to it and it interfered with what you were supposed to do at work?

Beetard wrote:I don't know if maybe we share some of the same frustrations?

I would have to say you are correct in assuming that.

When I first started trying it out I was so stoked. Then as I progressed more into it,I just kept getting more and more frustrated. Wasn't good especially since I thought about it at work too. not good when it gets in the way with work.

That's why I like coming here to post. I can post my disc golf frustrations if i have any. Then after that I'm not frustrated any more

So is what you're saying that you got frustrated that you got too obsessed with playing guitar? You got addicted to it and it interfered with what you were supposed to do at work?